Horseshoe



(No Model.)

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` UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcEl GEORGE E. HOWIE, OEOHIOAGO, ILLiivOis.

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seEc1F1cnT1oN`rforming part of Letters Patent No. 287,833, dated November e, 1883.

Application filed June 14, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may `con/cern: r

Be it known that I, GEORGE BpHOwrE, a citizen Aof the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook` and State of Illinois,vha've invented certain :newand useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is aspecification, to Wit:

This invention relates to an improvement in horseshoes; and it consists `in forming theV Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section; and Fig. 3, a cross-'section of my invention. Y, y

A represents a shoe of ordinary shape,

formed with a central slot, a, extending fromA the heel upon one side to the same point upon the other.` This slot is narrower atgthe bottom than atthe upper side-of the shoefand is -divided on eachl side by a narrow web, a',

' (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,) which holds the portions of' the shoe firmly together.

- 3o B represents a rubber filling-piece, which is also wedge-shaped in cross-section and adaptedv to t in the slot a, being cut at b to fit around the webs c. This rubber lling projects through the shoe upon both the upper and under sides, and, being wedge-shaped, the point or smaller edge beneath is always pressed into and rmly held in the shoe by the weight ofthe animal, and keeps it from slipping while giving a soft and yielding surface for the hoof when walking. The lling-piece B is formed with an integral cup-shaped part, vC, connecting the near ends, and adapted to receive and protect the frog from injury by contact with Y.

sharp stones or other hard' substances.

` Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by 

